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This infographic was submitted to us by Pinpoint Designs.

This is an informative guide for anyone looking to keep their SEO strategy Google-safe. The Panda and Penguin timelines really help illustrate how many changes have been implemented over the years (and why it’s important to keep up!), and the notes and tips could definitely help improve anyone’s SEO methods.

At it’s root, though, this is more of a designed report or web page than an infographic. No information is visualized with icons, graphs, charts, pictograms, or illustrations. There are a few photographs that convey the overall message (Panda vs. Penguin) but don’t actually speak to the specific information contained in the graphic. Infographics should use visual cues to tell their story, but this one still relies on text throughout. It’s an aesthetically pleasing design, but not quite an infographic.

There’s also a pretty prominent typo at the end: “discus” instead of “discuss.”

As such it’s a bit hard to give this a rating — I’d say A for information but D as an infographic, since it uses only text to convey the information.

This infographic was submitted to us by BestComputerScienceSchools.net.

The color and illustration here is fantastic. It makes for a truly entertaining adventure, navigating all the different facts and figures about Google’s enormous reach and spending habits while being entertained with cute visuals. The illustrations interact perfectly with the accompanying facts so it’s fun to see how the designer chose to portray everything.

I learned a lot about what Google has been doing with all that money, and the bright color palette and interesting illustrations pulled me through the graphic. What’s missing here, though, is visual representation of the numbers. We have illustrations that match the topic of each fact, but we don’t have visualization of the data itself.

For example, Google spent $30 million towards getting a robot on the moon. That’s impressive, but not so much when compared to the $350 million it’s spent on wind farms. If you think about it for a second and do the math, you’ll realize that’s over 10x more than its lunar spending… but it would be excellent if some data viz could show you that instead! Maybe an icon per $10 million, or a bar chart to show the amount of each expense compared to one another.

In all, I love the aesthetic and vision of this graphic, but until it visualizes the numbers, it isn’t really an infographic. Because of that I’d have to rate it a D as an infographic… but I really did enjoy reading it through and would give it a B+ for visual interest.

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This is infographic comes courtesy of IdentyMe. The way this infographic is laid out is great. It’s simple, to the point, and almost entirely visual. Very little text dependency and great data visualization. A clean color scheme makes it even more visually appealing. While the visualization is great, it’s not complete, and there are some components that are a bit too text heavy to make it an A.

The Google Plus insanity is a great topic for an infographic. The gender breakdown is great, and I like how throughout the infographic the population percentages were also represented with proportionately sized visuals, such as the bubbles in the gender visual and the population by country. It helps to show the US dominance in Google Plus users without relying on text to convey the facts.

The cost to create and maintain Google Plus would likely be better show with some sort of visual graph, chart, etc. The piggy bank is great, but the numbers underneath require a bit too much reading for a successful portrayal. Using a graph or chart to show the amount invested in each company/acquisition/employee would drive the cost home a bit more than it currently does.

That being said, this infographic does a great job with visualizing data and keeping on topic. Most of the data and presentation is well thought out, easy to understand and comprehend. The color scheme is consistent and non-abrasive. It could use some work on the cost of Google Plus section, but apart from that this infographic is a job well done. I’d give it a A-.

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http://submitinfographics.com/all-infographics/not-an-infographic-but-useful-google-cheat-sheet.html#commentsThu, 28 Jul 2011 16:35:29 +0000http://submitinfographics.com/?p=1548 This was submitted to us by the folks at TechnoStreak.com. It’s not an infographic since there is no data visualization, but it does contain information on pretty much anything you need to know in order to use Google+. Here are some of the highlights: If a person has […]]]>Click to EnlargeVia TechnoStreakView Other Infographics

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This was submitted to us by the folks at TechnoStreak.com. It’s not an infographic since there is no data visualization, but it does contain information on pretty much anything you need to know in order to use Google+. Here are some of the highlights:

If a person has more than one profile picture, clicking on the profile picture will rotate them. This is a unique feature of Google+.

You can move through the photos of an album with your scroll wheel on the mouse.

If a post annoys you by reminding you when it receives new comments, click the down arrow against the post. This brings up a drop-down menu, from you which you can select “Mute this post” and hide all future notifications regarding that specific post.

I really love having all of the Google+ information all in one place. As with most other Google tools, Google+ has a ton of neat little features that many users would likely overlook had someone not pointed it out to them. That said, the usefulness of this infographic does not really make up for its design and although I hate to do it, I have to give this infographic a D (if it did not contain such topical and useful information, I would give it an F). It is 100% text-driven, which means that it is not an infographic. The overall design is a bit subpar as well. There are many fonts and colors that clash with one another. A quick, easy way improve it would be to stick to one or two fonts that complement one another. I also think that changing the colors of the text boxes to Google’s colors would make the design more cohesive and pleasing to the eye – the current colors are kind of bland.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind designers and agencies of the importance of proofreading your infographics before they go live: this one has several typos. Killer Infographics has also accidentally missed typos from time to time, so it is a common mistake. Be sure to double-check! All that said, I am still going to refer to this cheat-sheet as I get to know this new social media platform – I had no idea how much there was to Google+!

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This infographic comes to us from Go-Globe.com and covers facts about what can happen in 60 seconds for several websites that we all use every day. Here is a sample of what goes on online each minute:

12,000+ ads are posted to Craigslist.org

98,000+ new Tweets are posted.

6,600+ pictures are uploaded to Flickr.

There are over 695,000 status updates on Facebook.

Over 70 new domain names are registered.

This infographic has a lot of data. It is fairly easy to read and go through quickly, but this data could be visualized in a much better way. Right now, each statistic is accompanied by the respective logo of the website. I really like the way that all of the logos are incorporated and all of the facts are very interesting.

This data could be presented well graphically — the LinkedIn section is a good example of how most of this data could be visualized. Each icon could represent a certain number of profiles (or tweets or status updates) and then the total number could be displayed that way. The sites whose statistics involve amounts of time (like Pandora or Skype) could be visualized in a similar way or with a bar graph. In addition improving the aesthetic of the infographic and making it easier to read, visualizing the data would be a great way to compare activity on each of these websites as well.

This infographic is designed nicely, but could seriously benefit from work on the data visualization aspect. It has the potential to be really great!

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Today’s infographic comes to us from SingleGrain.com, which is a company that does SEO, PPC, and Social Media Optimization (SMO). Upon submitting this infographic, the folks at Single Grain had the following to say:

This infographic highlights the income and expense of some of the top tech giants in mobile space.

All in all, the infographic is OK. The design isn’t bad, the color scheme is nice, but man is this thing wordy. Wordy infographics are often a deterrent for many. Infographics are a very common method of online marketing these days. Because of that, the space is super cluttered. This means that, to stand out from the crowd, your infographic has to be amazing and definitely not intimidating. This infographic, though, is a bit intimidating with all the text and it is not the kind of eye candy people are getting used to. To improve this infographic, I suggest that they add more data visualization. For instance, a time line of each company with important stock figures would be a great addition. A chart that compares them side by side vertically would help too. Yes, they show this horizontally, but it’s hard to see because of all the scrolling, so a concise bar chart would be an additional perk. Some data about the company owners, with pics of each owner would also be a great addition, as this is something few know and would like to see. Finally, the SingleGrain.com logo should be on this infographic. Since it’s not, what’s to stop someone else from claiming credit for this infographic? Infographics are a tool for link building and brand building, both of those can’t be accomplished without a logo in the design.

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This infographic comes to us from Go-Gulf.com and covers a very important topic: SEO. SEO is a pretty complex method of getting websites to rank better in search engines like Google. There have been a lot of great SEO infographics like the Google PageRank Infographic and more. This infographic does a good job of explaining to webmasters exactly why they shouldn’t ignore SEO when building websites. The infographic doesn’t explain SEO, as that’s pretty tricky to explain and everyone has their own methods of going about it. It instead explains why it’s such an important piece of online marketing to focus on as search engines continue to be the channel of choice for those seeking goods and services online.

The infographic has a very eye catching design and a lot of great facts. I have 1 small complaint about the infographic which can easily be argued as a personal preference: the background and sticky notes have nothing to do with SEO, so why use them? I love when infographics use a lot of textures and the sticky note style to separate information, but sometimes it’s only used to separate information and has nothing to do with the basic theme of the infographic. Since the sticky notes don’t tie into the topic, I’m not sure why they were chosen for this design? In my opinion, infographics should only include the elements that are necessary, and sticky notes aren’t necessary in this. Of course, it is great to look at, so again, this is my personal preference and I doubt many people would bring the same concerns to the table.

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Yesterday, Mashable wrote a post reviewing The Social Network, which is the new movie based on the creation of Facebook. At the end of the review, one statement kept repeating itself in my head:

Whether Facebook is the next Google or not, I’m not sure, but it has utterly encapsulated the zeitgeist of this era of computing and communications. Facebook’s legacy and influence over the future is something that cannot be in disputed.

In a sense, this infographic from AllFacebook.com does a good job of proving that statement and makes you wonder if Facebook is the next Google. It covers a variety of data points that show just how well Facebook is doing when compared to Google. For instance, in August of 2010, Facebook became the top online destination. This also happened around New Years 2010, which isn’t shown on this infographic.

The next part of the infographic shows a simple yet detailed time line comparing Google to Facebook. Google began in 1997 by two college students at Stanford University and Facebook began in 2004 by a Harvard student and his friends.

After the time line, the infographic shows the initial share cost of both Google and Facebook upon going public. This was pretty close, with Google at $85 per share and Facebook at $76 per share. It would have been nice for the infographic to show average current share price for each company, as this information would be a nice comparison metric for those who want to dig deeper into the data.

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This is an incredibly long infographic brought to you by ViralAdNetwork.net, which provides information complied for NMA’s (NewMediaAge) viral ad chart. The infographic covers the most viral brands of 2010 (so far) and tries to pinpoint what makes an ad have that special something extra to make it go viral online. The infographic mainly focuses on viral videos, with the new Old Spice marketing campaign as its central focal point. It begins by listing a variety of top 10 lists, and the same videos make up each top 10 list for the most part. It shows amount of views and shows that Facebook is the best sharing platform when compared to Twitter.

After going through the top 10 lists of viral videos, the infographic goes on to speak about the most viral brands, by using video shares and views as its basis for determination. It displays these brands by shares and then views, with Apple, Blendtec, Nike, Old Spice, Twilight, and Google making it into each top 10 list.

One of the best ways that this infographic displays data is by using a tag cloud to show viral success by brand. Beyond that, this infographic is mainly lists, but still does a good job of getting its point across. The infographic does show the same lists in different ways, so it could be made shorter by taking away a list or two. Otherwise, it has some very relevant information that will help any marketer pinpoint how to make a video go viral.